Starbucks Will Start Offering Almond Milk

Non-dairy drinkers, listen up!

Great news, non-dairy drinkers (and people who just like the flavor of almond milk): Starbucks will begin offering its own almond milk on Sept. 6, the company announced.

After realizing that nearly 60% of Americans buy non-dairy alternatives, and of those, 60% buy almond milk as their first choice, the company said that it will introduce its own almond milk offering to stores. Starbucks already offers both soy and coconut milk.

Starbucks said that the idea to begin offering almond milk came from customers who submitted and voted on the My Starbucks Idea platform online. The almond milk offering will be rolled out over the course of September, beginning with nearly 5,000 stores in the Pacific Northwest, California, New York, the Northeast, and Mid-Atlantic, and then branching out to the entire country by the end of the month.

The company decided to formulate its own almond milk to complement its hot and cold beverages, according to Yoke Wong, manager of the research and development team. “It was designed so that when steamed, it creates a rich foam for hot beverages and is delicious and creamy when served in cold beverages,” he said in the Starbucks statement.